Intellectual absence

Over the past few weeks with presidential debates on the forefront of everyone's mind I have realized something lacking in my life. Intellectual stimulation. I could never complain about being a wife and mother, I want that to be clear. However, I have found that as I ponder over words from our Presidential hopefuls, as well as over the conversations of those around me, or online, I feel a yearning. A yearning for knowledge, the same yearning that I had entering into my first and last semesters of college. So much of my time is devoted to ABC's, and basic rote memorization of so many different things, not only at home but in my job as a teacher. So much of my time is tied up in planning and prep for school, or church or family, that I rarely get to sit and have an intellectual conversation. Again, I wouldn't trade my role as a mother or wife, but I just wish I could fit in those conversations often enough that I don't lose the vocabulary, or abstract thinking that used to challenge my drive and interests. I wish there were time, and money for me to get the six or seven different doctorate degrees that I would so love to pursue!

I suspect this is life though, at least as a teacher supporting her family. I hope and pray that some day soon my husband will be granted the opportunity to pursue the education he so badly desires. That someday I can have these conversations with him without him looking at me like I'm crazy and he has no idea what I am talking about.

For now though, I will continue to post all the fun pictures that document the growth of my handsome son and the progress of our small humility-seeking family and leave the boring babble to my very patient, understanding journal. Enjoy!